Return forms of messages



Mqrch 16 1926.

vvV,577,237 I-I. E. INKI RETURN FORMS OF MESSAGES Filed May 11, 1925 2sweeps-sheet 1 ''Tmn l March I6 1.926.

I H. E. INK

RETURN FORMS oF MEssAEs n Filed May 11, 1925 l z'sheefsf-sneef 2sENDERsMEssAGE-RECEIVING OFFICE ze I waff-- cLAss or .SENCE AY LETTERmaar nessus:

NIGHYLET'TER IF none a nur 'il l INI. ,m .nu III hin un TELEGRM I I II-JFOR I'HE CONVENIENCE OF RADIO BROADCASTING TATIONS, DPERATOR 0F RA'DIORECEIVING SETS AND ALL OTHERS DEMANDINGAN IMMEDIATE ANSWER T0 THEIRMESSAGES mlm ANSWER PAID FDR TELEGRAM ifggjjm REPLY MESSAGE As CHECKED,HAS Iman PAID I-'oR Y THE sfu- Iw um DER oF AovawIIosE Annness I IPPEImsmow. ANswER/ UNLIMITED IMMEDIATELY oN AmcIII-:n BLANK AND HAND ToMESSENGER ssnosk's Annnzse PMUNE NUMBER b5 ff-ER WHO HAS PAID BOTH FORHIS MESSAGE AND YOUR IA NSSWERJIS INDICATED l Y ABOVE ANSWER AT ONCE 0NTHIS ELANK AND HAND T0 MESSENGER.

Send H12 foIIowmg message sulzjecI IoIIIe Inrms an bask Ilereofwhch areIIereIy agreed Io.

RECEIVING SETS AND ALL OTHERS DEMANDING AN IMMEDIATE ANSWER TOTHEIRMESSAGES,

PAID ro TELEGRAM pAY LETTER man1' MEssAs man-m- UNLIMITED TIM: FILED FORTHE CONVENIENCE 0F RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS, OPERATOR?! OF RADIO ANIMMEDIATE ANSWER T0 ATTACHED MESSAGE -IS DEMANDED BY l'THE SEND- auwul'sAucuns.

PHONE NUMMR ATTQRNE'YI.

Patented Mar. i6, i925.,

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EABRY' E. INK, 0F EAST OR/ANGE, NEV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURT TOHENBIZ J. LUCKE, OF NEW YORK, N. YV.

A RETURN FORMS F MESSAGES.

.Application led May 11, 1925. Serial Nb: 29,2192.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY E. NK, a citieen or the United States ofAmerica, residing at East Orange, CQiinty Ot Essex, State of New Jersey,have invent ed certain new and useful Improvements in VReturn Forms i ofMessages, of Ywhich the following is a.

specification.

This invention relates to return forms of IDBSSagGS.

` My invention is particiilarly directed to a copy of the message to betransmitted to a designated receiving party' under the conditions ofprepaid transmission represented by suitable form-ot indication by thetelegraph, cable, wireless or other transmitting company of the answerof the receiving party to the transmitted message.

. Further features and objects of the inventionA will be more fullyunderstood rom'tlie following detail description and the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Fig. 1 ,shows a preferred form of dual blankapplicabletor a telegraph, cable, or wireless company, the two portionsrepresenting the senders memorandum and senders message for the sendingoce, and preferably detacbably connected to one another by perforations;and

Fig. 2 shows a preferred forni of dualv blank applicable for atelegraph, cable or wireless company, the two portions representing ablank for the senders message for the receiving oilice of the companyand the other portion representing a. blank for the answer of thereceiving party, the two portions being-'preferably detachably connectedtol one another 4by perforations.

Referring to Fig. 1, the portion lO of the '-block shown in Fig. 1 isapplicable for'the acter of the message authorized by the sender forchecking-by lead pencil, ink or the like in the column marked 12,together With number of words to be indicated in the co1- umnpmarked12". At 13 is represented a condensed form representing the payment ofthe senders message in accordance with the character of thetransmission, and also suoli other data as is usual in telegraphing,cabling and the like.

At 14 is represented a condensedform indicating the character oftransmission of the answer desired by the sender. Such 'form 14preferably embodies the notation Answer paid for or the like forindicatin that the answer of the receiving party has een paid tor by the`sending party. @The column 14" is for checking to indicate thecharacter of transmision of the answer to be sent and the column 14 isfor the number of words 'prepaid by the sender.

The senders memorandum blank may also include the legend 15embodyingyinstructions for theuse ofthe blank. It' Ydesired the sendersmemorandum blank 10 may be impressed by 'faint background printing 16 inred or other coloring? to identify the blank as l Round trip or*y Radiotelegram or Return trip l or other return form of telegram and to diS-tinguish the same from the ordinary or other telegram..

In lieu of the indication 16 as aforesaid,

the vsenders memorandum may be' marked by a symbol such as the threestars 19, of

the same r different coloring, or in an other manner to designate thatthe blan is of the return or pre aid type or both return and prepaid, orli e form and in distinction from the ordinary or other form of sendingtelegram blank.

The message of the sender is preferably subscribed on the blank of thenature designated in lfig. 1 as Senders messagesending office. Suchblank 20 may be provided with the-usual addressee spaces for the nameand address and the lines 22 for the typing or other Writing of theactual sending message.

The senders message blank 20 is also provided with the column with asuitable condensed form 12 for designating the character of the messageauthorized by the sender of the sending message, similarly as theaforesaid blank l() and like parts are designated by like referencenumbers; like- Wise the provision of a suitable form 13 to indicate theprepayment by the sender of the senders message. The form 13 embodiesadditional spaces for other data usually required by telegraph and likecompanies. Similarly7 the form of the reply requested by the sender isapplied at a suitable location on the blank 20, similar to that of thesender-s memorandum, and like parts are indicated by like referencecharacters.

At 23 a suitable legend is applied, giving the information that thereplyzmess'age of the form as checked in the column 14: has been paidfor by the sender and such other additional information as may bedesired. The symbols designated 19 correspond to the aforesaid symbols19 of the 'blank 10 and other like parts of the blank 20 are indieatedby the same reference characters as on the blank 10. The blank 20 ispreferably detachably -connected to the blank 10 as by means of the lineof perforation 24.

Such dual ,formr of Senders memorandum and Senders message-sending ofcemay be printed in the form of a strip 'of indefinite length, each pairof the same being separatedfrom adjacent pairs by a line of perforationsimilar to the line 211 of perforation. The forni of indefinite numberof sets of the dual forms enables the same to be furnished as a roll andadds con venience in typewriting and similar pur poses.

In the use of each set of\blanks such as the blanks 10, 20, orequivalent, Wlenn car bon copy 1s desired, the blank 10 is separatedfrom the blank 20 and a carbon transcribing paper interposed, as in theusualmanner of typewriting carbon copies, thus permitting the sender tohave a typed or other written form of the sending message.

It will be understood that the blank l()A is of particular value as amemorandum to the sender, but if desired may be omitted in carryingout'rny invention, and a single blank of the form of blank 20 aloneemployed.

In Fig. 2, I have indicated a preferred form of reply blank 25 andcomprising a dual blank respectively designated Sendersmessage-receivers oflice and Answer. The "Senders messagereceivingofiice blank 25'e1nbodies the desired space 2G for the typing or otherwriting by the receiving oliice of the transmitting agency of thesenders message. The blank25 is provided with a suitable space 27,preferably in condensed form for the checking of the transmission formof the message sent by the sending party to the receiving party, similaras the aforesaid form12. The blank 25 l preferably embodies also thespace 28 bearing a notation that the message has been prepaid.' Thenotation 29 indicates the city or other location of the receiving,office of the transmitting agency.

The space26may be impressed by background printing in color ifpreferremwith an indication of Round trip or Return trip or` Radiotelegram, indicating a distinction from the usual forms of telegraphic'or like messages. l..

'The blank 25 is provided with acondensed formA of indication 14corresponding to the aforesaid condensed form 14 of the blank 10 andpreferably embodies the column lll 'for indicating a number of words ofthe answer paid for by the sender` and the column 14 for checking theform of transmission of the reply. The space for'the instruction 15corresponds to that of the blank 10, and the space for the information23 corresponclsto the like designated space of the blank 20.

In order to indicate that the nature of "the reply is distinguished fromthat of the usual or other telegraphic reply, I prefer to apply thesymbols 19 such as three stars, preferably colored, or in any othermanner in lieu of the aforesaid indication 26 or in addition thereto.

The blank 30 lis for receiving the answer of the receivin0r party and ispreferably connected with the blank 25 by detachable means such as theline of perforations 31. 0n the blank 30 appears an indication 14 thatthe answer has been 4vpaid for, and a preferred form of such space 14 issimilarly hereinabove described .relative to blanks 25, 2O and 10;likeparts are designated by like reference numbers.

The blankBO has preferably a further condensed form for receiving thechecking by the telegraphic or like agency thatl the answer has beenpaid for and such other additional data as may be desired; such data isindicated at 13, similarly as in the aforesaid blanks, 10, 20. y

The spa/w32, vwhich may be provided with ruled lines, is for receivingthe reply of the answering party. The background printing at the space32 as is indicated in` F ig. 2, identifies the blank as of the Roundtrip or LReturn tripif or Radio telegram, in distinction from theordinary or other telegraphic blank. The symbols 19 on the blank 3()`are similar to the symbols 19 of the aforesaid blanks l0, 2.0 and 25,and for like purposes.

The blank 30 preferably embodies a legend 33 in printed form, preferablyin aslsurance of the prepayment by the sender of the answer of thereplying party and that the act ot the replying party does not involveany obligation on the expense to the replying party.

It will be observed thatA the blank 3() is delivered by the telegraphicor like agency to the replying party and bears in the space 34 the nameand address of the sender, and also the name and address of the replyingparty inserted in the proper place, thus requiring solely the insertionby the replying party 4ot his answer to the message of the sender. Thedelivery of the senders message to the replying party, is effected bythe delivery of the dual blanks 25, 30'. lVhen the blank Sender-smessage-receiving ofhce is torn off along the perforated line 24, thereplying party retains the same .and may apply his answer' thereon ashis memorandum as by Writing on by type- \vriting with a carbon paper onthe reverse side of the blank or in any other manner. The detached blankbearing the reply is immediately taken by the messenger loy fortransmission. y

From the above, it Will appeal" that my invention provides for a mostConvenient and immediate form of reply by the replying party in answerto 'the ysenders message. My invention also provides a form which isdelivered to the replying party and of a character directly suggestingto the replying party that an immediate answer is expeeted by thesender.

My invention is advantageous in verifying the reception of selections orother mes broadcast by radio stations, and provides a Written memorandumfor the sender of his message and also the/data of the form oftransmission of his message. The reply received from the answering partyis also in complete written form.

My invention simplifies greatly the present-day onerous taskconf-renting broadcasting statonsby reason of the countless thon-v sandso't telegrams and other forms of letters seekingr verification ofreception and the transmittedselections, and' also affords the immediatedelivery oli' the verification, all of which jobjects are attained byminimum effe: t of typing or other Writing. "My".

invention also provides the broadcasting Station or otherjreeeivingparty with a complete ,record of each senders message, and ofthe nameand address of each sender.

The sender of the message, by my invention, obtains an immediateverilicationI ot' his inquiry and in a Written Tprarm.

Vvvhereas, Il have described my invention by reference to specific formsthereof, it Will be understood that many changes and modiiications maybe made without departing from the spirit ot the invention.

I claim:

.1. A telegraphie blank providing a space for the reply message, havingappropriately designated spaces for the entry of data to indicate thenature and number of words of reply message and ay symbol'indicatingthat vided with a space for the reply message to the aforesaid niessage7said first-.named blank having an appropriately designated space for theentry of data to indicate the natureofjhe reply message.

4. A telegliaphic blank eomprisinga blank provided-With a space for theWriting of a message and a second blank provided With a space for thereply message to the aforesaid rnessage; said rst-named blank having anappropriately designated space for the entrylpf data to indicate 'thenature of the' reply andan indication that the reply message has ,beenprepaid.

5. A telegraphie blank comprising a blank provided with a space for thewriting of a message and a second blank provided with 'a' space for thereply message tothe aforesaid message, said second-named blank having anappropriately designated space for the entry of datato indicate thenature of the reply message.

6. A telegraphic blank comprising a blank provided with aspace for theWriting ez. a message and a second blank provided with a space for thereply message to the aforesaid message, said second-named blank havingan appropriately designated space for the entryof data -to indicate thenature of the reply message and an indication that the reply message hasbeen prepaid.

7. A telegraphie blank comprising a blank provided with a space for theWriting a message and a second blank provided ,vvith a space Vfor thereply message .'to the afore` ene entry of date to indicate the natureof the reply message.

8. A telegiaphic blank comprising a blank provideclwith e space foi* theWriting of a v5 `message end e second blank provided with s1 space forthe reply message to the aforesaid message, each' of seid bien :s havingan nemesi? -nppropiriately designatecl space for the entity

